Optum Insight launches durable medical equipment benefit management solution to streamline access to care

• The end-to-end experience streamlines each step of the process from ordering to delivery and payment.
• A seamless digital ordering experience for clinicians enabling them to fill orders 90% faster.
• Electronic health record (EHR) integrated workflows with access to more than 3,000 supplier locations enables providers to initiate equipment orders promptly, while ensuring patients receive necessary equipment without delays.
• Additionally, Optum continues to expand access to limited distribution channels and to add qualified suppliers to rural areas.

• Digital communication tools allow patients and ordering clinicians to chat with the suppliers directly, giving everyone visibility into the status of the equipment and greater insight into the cost of equipment and while maintaining payment accuracy.

• Optum’s new solution is integrated with evidence-based criteria for key DME products to help clinicians make the most informed and clinically appropriate care decisions which can avoid overprescribing or ordering inappropriate equipment, while ensuring patients receive equipment that meets their clinical needs.

• Allows patients to manage chronic conditions in the comfort of their homes.
• Patients can quickly access necessary equipment such as blood pressure monitors, glucometers and other devices which allow for regular monitoring and early intervention where seventy-three percent of patients say they prefer to recover.

DME Navigator is available now. Learn more at Optum/DME Navigator.